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CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada announced Wednesday a first group of players for the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey
World Championship.

“We are extremely happy with the response we have received from players and are very pleased with the
group that we have been able to assemble to date,” said Kevin Lowe, Canada’s general manager for the 2012
IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. “We are looking forward to getting together as a team in Zurich and going
for gold in Helsinki.”

“Hockey Canada would like to thank all the players for accepting this opportunity to represent their
country at the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship,” said Brad Pascall, Hockey Canada’s vice-president of
hockey operations and national teams. “We are glad to see the enthusiasm these players showed when asked to
play at the world championship.”

The first group of 17 players that have been confirmed for the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World
Championship:

P

Name

Hometown /Club Team

G

Devan Dubnyk

Edmonton, Alta./Edmonton, NHL

G

Cam Ward

Sherwood Park, Alta./Carolina, NHL

D

Jay Bouwmeester

Edmonton, Alta./Calgary, NHL

D

Marc Methot

Ottawa, Ont./Columbus, NHL

D

Dion Phaneuf

Edmonton, Alta./Toronto, NHL

D

P.K. Subban

Toronto, Ont./Montreal, NHL

F

Jamie Benn

Victoria, B.C./Dallas, NHL

F

Jordan Eberle

Regina, Sask./Edmonton, NHL

F

Ryan Getzlaf

Regina, Sask./Anaheim, NHL

F

Evander Kane

North Vancouver, B.C./Winnipeg, NHL

F

Andrew Ladd

Maple Ridge, B.C./Winnipeg, NHL

F

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

Burnaby, B.C./Edmonton, NHL

F

Ryan O'Reilly

Clinton, Ont./Colorado, NHL

F

Corey Perry

Peterborough, Ont./Anaheim, NHL

F

Ted Purcell

St. John's, N.L./Tampa Bay, NHL

F

Jeff Skinner

Markham, Ont./Carolina, NHL

F

John Tavares

Oakville, Ont./N.Y. Islanders, NHL

The group includes two Olympic gold medallists (Getzlaf, Perry), three Olympians (Bouwmeester, Getzlaf,
Perry) and three IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship gold medallists (Bouwmeester, Phaneuf, Ward), while 16 of
the 17 players have represented Canada internationally. Ted Purcell will be representing Canada in
international competition for the first time.

The coaching staff will be announced by Hockey Canada in the very near future.

Lowe and Pascall, along with the team’s two assistant general managers, Peter Chiarelli (Ottawa,
Ont./Boston, NHL) and Dave Nonis (Burnaby, B.C./Toronto, NHL) will add additional players over the coming
weeks, with a limit of 25 players on the official roster. Canada’s world championship management team is also
supported by members of Canada’s National Men’s Team management group, comprised of executive director Steve
Yzerman (Nepean, Ont./Tampa Bay, NHL), Doug Armstrong (Sarnia, Ont./St. Louis, NHL), Ken Holland (Vernon,
B.C./Detroit, NHL), Bob Nicholson (Penticton, B.C./Hockey Canada), Lowe and Pascall.

Canada’s National Men’s Team will be holding a pre-competition camp in Zurich from April 27-May 1, playing
in two pre-competition games – April 29 vs. Switzerland in Fribourg, SUI and May 1 vs. Switzerland in Kloten,
SUI. The 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship runs from May 4-20, in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm,
Sweden, with Canada based out of Helsinki for the entire event. Canada opens up against Slovakia on May 4.
All of Canada’s games will be aired on TSN/RDS. Check your local listings for game times in your
area.

For more information on Hockey Canada, its teams, events and programs, please visit www.HockeyCanada.ca.